Tim Cowlishaw, sports columnist for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, author of Drunk on Sports and panelist on ESPN's "Around the Horn," answered your questions about the Cowboys, Rangers, Mavericks, Stars and college sports in his reader mailbag. Here are some highlights.

So, Dez Bryant is a New Orleans Saint. What do you think of the pairing, and what do you expect the welcome home will be like for him Nov. 29 at AT&T Stadium?

Cowlishaw: I think he will get a loud welcome of approval from the fans. He was well-liked and it's not as if he left on his own accord. Dez wanted badly to stay. I still believe the Cowboys made the right (initial) decision to let him go, they just didn't follow up with receiving help until having to trade their first-round pick. I think Bryant will be hit-or-miss with the Saints, but he should be able to make some big catches for them, and if some of them come in January, he may well get the contract he seeks either with the Saints or another team.

Does a blowout loss Sunday night get Jason Garrett fired?

Cowlishaw: I think Jerry Jones has made it clear he isn't going to make a mid-season coaching change. The Wade Phillips firing was unusual and, for Jones, unprecedented. That team was getting blown out on a regular basis and fans could see the team had quit. I don't see that with this team. I just see a team getting beat, a team letting Chances escape. If multiple two- or three-touchdown losses began to pile up, Jones might have to change course. But I think Garrett stays the rest of the year.

Amari Cooper: Worth the investment?

Cowlishaw: I have said they overpaid and I believe that's true. That doesn't mean he won't be their best wide receiver for awhile, and if he's top 15 in the league next year, then that's fine. Fans can't go week-to-week and say, "Five catches for 58 yards, not good enough." He just got here. He just had his first few practices with the team. Expectations for the rest of 2017 cannot be too high. This was not a one-year trade.

Was Jerry Jones' comment on Dak Prescott's extension-to-be a mistake? What if, you know, Prescott goes on to show that he's just bad? Seems so strange to come out with those comments when you'd think the addition of Cooper and firing of Paul Alexander were geared toward assessing Prescott's viability as the QB of the future. And one game just isn't a large enough sample size (luckily for Prescott).

Cowlishaw: Jerry Jones tends to say things he hopes will diffuse an argument that actually serve to start new ones. Instead of just saying he's happy with Dak, he goes on to say he will be extended as if it's a done deal. It's clearly not a done deal. The Cowboys have another season and a half to figure out what they have at quarterback. The Titans haven't even made a decision on Marcus Mariota, a year ahead of Dak and a No. 2 overall pick, and he was the better quarterback here Monday night. These decisions take time. Dak's best chance will be with a new coach and new coordinator next year.